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[exanimatus]

[meanwhile, down in a quiet corner of the castle lobby, there are papers everywhere. half of them are blank, the other half are covered in bizarre crayon drawings. Zelman and his nameless, white-haired, red-eyed kid are both sitting on the floor, and the kid's doing most of the artwork. the journal is buried somewhere around there, to boot...]I

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[bedninja]

[Well, he was just heading out of the Castle to after checking up on Aron, but Pharos stops when he sees Zelman-- and the child with him.

A grin spreads across his face, and he disappers to reappear on the other side of the papers.]

Hello again!

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[the kid looks up with wide, surprised eyes... but quickly drops his crayon to point.]

Scary monster! [but he's smiling so widely that it must just be what the kid remembers him as. Zelman looks up too, though only subtly amused.]

Well, here's a reunion.

[bedninja]

[Pharos giggles a little at the monster comment - it's clear even to him that the child doesn't actually mean anything by it.]

It has been quite some time since this boy appeared, has it not? I had hoped that I would be able to meet with him once more.

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A little over a year. He doesn't act like it, though.

[the kid quickly wobbles to his feet and trots on over, on top of the papers, so that he can grab Pharos' hand and try to pull him back over to the side he and Zelman are sitting on.]

Can we... Can you come draw?

[covetly]

[ This....is a strange sight. Really. Amoretta sort of blinks when she pokes her head into the lobby after going to retrieve an apple from the kitchen, trying to to take this in. SO MANY BABBIES. Everywhere, lawd. ]

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[the kid reacts first, suddenly freezing to look up and stare at her.

Zelman glances up at his kid, but doesn't look at where he's staring. pretending not to notice, probably. what do?]

[covetly]

[ sob now she feels almost like an intruder...so she bows her head to the tiny thing in greeting slowly ]

...Hello.

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[the kid stares for a moment longer... before he gets up and hides behind Zelman, peeking out from behind his shoulder.]

Hello.

[Zelman looks up at her properly.] You'll have to forgive him--he forgets that staring is rude. [glances back at his kid. B(]

[pixiesinmyhead]

Blood where?

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Book! [a small burbling noise--the journal doesn't bother the child like face-to-face does.] The dragon ate him for lunch 'cause he was hungry.

[...which is where Zelman grabs the journal proper and slides it closer to himself.] Nothing real, Missy. Not now, anyway.

[pixiesinmyhead]

Oh. [She looks disappointed at that. Would it still be very bad to snack if someone else had spilled the blood?]

[exanimatus]

Hungry? Missus?

[after a pause, the journal slides further across the floor and someone starts drawing on it in a red crayon.]

[payback]

[Sneaking quietly out of the kitchen is... a small, rather bony little boy, without much baby fat, headed for Zelman's own weird little child. The newcomer's eyes are red and strange, and even more bizarrely, he has a pair of small, soft black cat ears protruding from his black hair, and a black cat tail waving curiously.

Another weird castle child. What can you do?]

[exanimatus]

[if you're four years old, you can stop what you're doing and stare at him. stare at him with big, unblinking eyes.

...Zelman pretends not to notice. kids these days.]

[payback]

[Renzo remembers this kid from last year. He didn't get to play. :( So with a cautious glance at Zelman, he comes closer.]

[exanimatus]

[the kid looks hesitantly at Zelman... then at Renzo... and then he holds out his red crayon to the kid. come color with them? :<]

[derpish]

[Leaning over from behind, tapping his chin with a long finger.]

Pizza aliens, hm?

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[the kid looks up in surprise, staring with those creepy wide eyes of his... before he slowly gets up to go hide behind Zelman. not taking his eyes off Cain at all. 8(

Zelman, meanwhile, glances over his shoulder.]

I don't know where he gets these ideas, honestly.

[derpish]

[Crouching down, he smiled at the hiding kid warmly.]

Don't be scared, I'm a friend.

[exanimatus]

[the little kid continues to stare. he isn't quite sure what to make of this guy. Zelman looks... well, kind of apathetic to the whole thing. he doesn't get this kid's fear of strangers.]